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	Excerpt: Folkboat Story
		Under those circumstances it is all too commmon that Nordic Folkboats — and other smart classic designs — are often reduced to a Cinderella role, overlooked by the crowds who admire the latest in composite "Tupperware," sporting Priapic bowsprits to handle chutes the size of tennis courts.
		The Folkboat reminds us of the less-is-more approach, and of the fact that convenience, comfort and speed, the three most prominent marketing mantras, are no guarantee for satisfaction and enjoyment.
		Folkboats are happy to stand in the shadow of the glaring spotlight, but they continue to thrill the discriminating classic boat fiend.
	www.sheridanhouse.com /excerpts/folkboatexcerpt.html (1736 words)

	N F I A - Nordic Folkboat International Association \| Facts about
		The Nordic Folkboat is a clinker built wooden sloop and was designed in 1942 by the Scandinavian Yacht Racing Union.
		The first Nordic Folkboat was built in Göteborg in Sweden, and as at 2005, more than 4000 Nordic Folkboat have been built.
		The Folkboat is also popular cruising yacht especially in the Baltic Sea area despite it's small interior size and lack of a "head".
	www.folkboat.com /index.php?facts (172 words)

	The Folkboat: Little beauty with a big heart-- by John Vigor -- from the Jan-Feb 2000 issue of Good Old Boat
		She was known as the Intern ational Folkboat, but the Scandinavians regarded that description as misleading, and referred to her only as the "IF Boat." The term International Folkboat survived in the United States, however, and the International Folkboat Association of San Francisco Bay held sway over their racing and cruising activities there.
		Folkboats not subject to the one-design racing rules usually have modern masthead rigs and aluminum spars.
		The Folkboat is indeed revered for her ability to carry sail in strong winds, and no doubt her extra-heavy keel is largely responsible for this.
	www.clickbert.com /IFboat/techtips/vigor.html (2899 words)

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		Folkboat No 52 was built 1942 in Söderköping, at the east coast of Sweden, at the yachtyard Båtbyggeribolaget ("The Boat Building Company" - a good and descriptive company name!).
		The construction competition, initiated by the Swedish Yacht Racing Association, had been held the year before and a test series of 60 boats were built in spring 1942 of which the first 40 were built at the Sverre yachtyards in Gothenburg.
		I think the earliest Folkboats were made of pine and oak, as the idea behind was a cheap boat entirely made of domestic wood types.
	hem.spray.se /anders.sberg/rightboat.htm (912 words)

	Nordic Folkboat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Nordic Folkboat is a clinker-built wooden sloop and it's design was the result of a competition held by the Scandinavian Yacht Racing Union in 1942.
		The first Nordic Folkboat was built in Göteborg in Sweden, and as of 2005, more than 4000 Nordic Folkboat are still sailing around the world.
		The 2004 Folkboat Nationals were hosted by the Royal Lymington Yacht Club.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Nordic_Folkboat (363 words)

	SF Bay Folkboat Association – History
		Due to its versatility as a capable racer and weekend cruiser, the Folkboat prospered in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Germany, UK, Ireland, in the Baltic countries, in Australia and on San Francisco Bay.
		But unlike the Knarr, the Nordic Folkboat inspired countless designs for small and seaworthy cruisers, which were sailed across oceans and around the world.
		Tests showed that he did such a good job that there is literally no difference in the performance of wood and aluminum, repeating the Tupperware vs. wood experiment a quarter of a century ago.
	www.sfbayfolkboats.org /history.html (1782 words)

	Kansanvene Alma - Folkbåt Alma - Folkboat Alma
		Kansanvene Alma - Folkbåt Alma - Folkboat Alma
		The Nordic Folkboat is a well known cruiser - racer sailing yacht class designed in 1941 as a common nordic committee work.
		A Folkboat is easy and safe to sail, but we are convinced we prefer less sporty occupations at our age and have been looking for some wooden boat enthusiast to buy her.
	www.folkboat.fi (2086 words)

	Folk France - Le bateau
		Le Folkboat en plastique est la réplique exacte du bateau d'origine et aujourd'hui les bateaux "bois" et GRP régatent ensemble.
		GRP Folkboat is an exact replica of the original boat and today wooden and GRP boats race together.
		The approval of the Scandinavian Yacht Racing Union was sought for this modification, and the builders were informed that provided their boats conformed to the original specifications in all other respects and would carry the letters FB on their sails as opposed to the Scandinavian letter F they would have no objection.
	perso.orange.fr /folkfrance/bateau.htm (1192 words)

	Jim søferie bareboat-charter danboat hallberg-rassy yacht charter boat-care denmark
		The Folkboat is different because she is simple, uncomplicated and easy to handle, and very efficient for new sailors.
		Her famous sailing qualities in all kinds of weather are still unrivalled, and regular improvements keep the boat young and up to date.
		A Folkboat do not have built in water tanks, we use a plastic container.
	www.jim-soeferie.dk /Folkebaad/Folkboat.html (233 words)

	Folkboat - opinions, please? - Boat Design Forums
		The wooden Folkboats are ment only for walm climates the plastic IFs for the frouen wastes the reason is simple,the IF has a self draining cockpit lots of room below and can sail the world in safty and comfort.
		The "baltic folkboat" had mostly a large open cockpit and no room below!!Shes faster than an IF can weather offshore voyages with a canvas cockpit insert,but once in the med the large cockpit comes into its own!You will live in the cocpit only going below to sleep of get something strored there.
		Folkboats are the best boat afloat and in todays med are small enough and not to deep to find a place in port the modern "fat" deep keeler cant get near!!
	boatdesign.net /forums/showthread.php?t=12045 (2042 words)

	Folkboat Atlantic (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Meanwhile the Folkboat was well on her way to achieving uncommon success.
		The seaworthiness of the Folkboat made her a source of inspiration for many sailors.
		As you might guess, the Folkboats from Kerteminde are found in the fore-front of the field.
	www.folkboatatlantic.com.cob-web.org:8888 /story.html (728 words)

	SF Bay Folkboat Association – Class Association (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Folkboat variation was more fun and less dangerous: all participating crews brought their sails in bags to the Golden Gate Yacht Club bar.
		Another fun event is the annual Angel Island cruise on Easter Sunday, where Terry Holmes uses an antique camera to take funny pictures of Folkboaters, their friends and families as they are posing on the lawn of hospital Cove before they descend on the scrumptious buffet.
		Folkboat sailing is an educational process with so much fun that even schools in Denmark and Germany have adopted it as part of their curriculum.
	www.sfbayfolkboats.org.cob-web.org:8888 /class.html (1099 words)

	Folkboat Atlantic
		In the summer of 2002 the Folkboat celebrated her 60th birthday and yet she is younger than ever.
		Her famous sailing abilities in all kinds of weather are still unrivalled, and regular improvements keep the boat young and up to date.
		However, the Folkboat is different because she is simple, uncomplicated and easy to handle, and can be used for cruising or racing.
	www.folkboatatlantic.com /folkboats.html (287 words)

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		The Nordic Folkboat is a little Viking ship, designed in the 1940's in Scandinavia, with a 25-foot lap-strake hull.
		As we are racing round the buoys, sailing a Nordic Folkboat in the Folkboat National Championships in the Solent, UK, we'll be shouting "Avast me hearties" to all those we intend to beat while...
	www.ultimate-yacht-rental.com /folkboat (1059 words)

	N F I A - Nordic Folkboat International Association
		To further the interest of the Nordic Folkboat in all countries where Folkboats are sailed and to introduce the class to new countries.
		To be responsible for the administration of the class rules and co - ordination proposals for rules amendments for rule consideration and finally approval by the Scandinavian Yacht Racing Union.
		To produce regular newsletters containing information about the class and the activities of the NFIA for distribution to all Folkboat sailors worldwide.
	www.folkboat.com (121 words)

	Skandia Cowes Week 2005: Fresh start for the Folkboat
		The Nordic Folkboat was the result of an international competition for a one-design racing boat suitable for weekend cruising in Scandinavia.
		British and International designs cannot compete with the Nordic Folkboat, and as a result the Folkboat was dropped from the Cowes Week one-design fleets in 1966.
		The modern urge for bigger cruising boats has largely sidelined the Folkboat as a cruiser, leaving the field clear for a revival of the Nordic one-design.
	www.ybw.com /auto/newsdesk/20050704104437ywcowesweek05.html (1092 words)

	Nordic Folkboat (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It was born as a result of a Scandinavian planning competition, and the results were published in 1941.
		An swedish engineer, Tord Sunden, then was given the work to combine the two second prize takers to a final design.
		Nowadays there are perhaps 4000 folkboats sailing in Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Britain and USA.
	www.abo.fi.cob-web.org:8888 /~jussi/folkboat.htm (121 words)

	Tarna - Kings Cruiser (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The folkboat sailed off the design table in the early 1940's as the product of a design competition in Sweden.
		The idea behind the folkboat was to build a relatively inexpensive, tough little boat for small families.
		When Sweedish designer Tord Sunden offered his modified folkboat, King's Cruiser, its popularity brought it national prominence as one of the most popular one-design auxillary class racer-cruisers in the United States.
	www.woodship.com /fleet/tarna/default.aspx (1270 words)

	Sheridan House: Reviews
		In 1942 the Folkboat was as much a creation of the century of the common man as the bicycle.
		"The Folkboat was conceived as a boat for the masses, the design of which Loibner notes, was something of a high-minded quest in the years leading up to the war.
		These two youngsters are perfect symbols for the Folkboat, a theme that Aebi explores in her forward to the book.
	www.sheridanhouse.com /reviews/folkboatreview.html (977 words)

	Carlingford 2004
		The Irish Sea Folkboat committee would like to thank the Officers, Committee, and members of the Dundalk and Carlingford Sailing Club for their support as hosts of our rally.
		All boat owners must be members of the Folkboat association; non-members may join on arrival.
		The Committee wish to point out that in the spirit of Folkboat Week owners will generally be expected to helm their own boats, except of course in the Crew's race, when the helm should be regular Folkboat crew.
	www.edaniels.freeserve.co.uk /irishseafolkbo/Rallies/carlingford04.htm (1139 words)

	Nordic folkboat nr. 1000 - Sailing Anarchy Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Danish firm Folkebådcentralen AS (Folkboat central Ltd.) recently produced their 1000'nd ex of the plastic version of the Nordic folkboat.
		It wouldn't surprise me at all if they're back next season, I know the folkboat exchange between northern Eurpoe and SF Bay is supposed to be back on next year.
		This months Latitude 38 has a short on the newest, and possibly the last folkboat to be built on the Bay.
	www.sailinganarchy.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=1060 (420 words)

	The Folkboat Story: From Cult to Classic – the Renaissance of a Legend (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		By Dieter Loibner Storms or calms, crowded racecourses or solitary anchorages, solo or with crew, wood or fiberglass, the Folkboat embodies sailing pleasure in its purest, most enjoyable form.
		The Folkboat was designed by committee in Sweden, and the legal wrangling has hardly ever stopped.
		Sixty years after its launch, the Folkboat is still judged as a breakthrough design, an inspiration to generations of small cruising boats.
	www.maritime.org /online-store/scstore/p-1574091220.html (201 words)

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		Rules This race series shall be governed by the current International Yacht Racing Rules with the US Sailing Prescriptions, the rules of the Folkboat Class and these sailing instructions.
		Prizes Awards for First, Second, and third shall be made for fleet racing, the Ladies Race, for the Single handed race, and for pretiest overall.
		Other prizes shall be awarded at the whim of the Race Committee and the Folkboat Fleet Capt. 14.
	www.bvbc.org /RacingDocs2004/Folkboat2004RaceDir.doc (804 words)

	Folkboat Patience
		If there is one thing that I have learned while acquiring, restoring and sailing my "new" Nordic Folkboat, it is that it requires Patience.
		I went into this project gung-ho to blaze through all her problems, fix things quickly and be sailing in a couple of weeks.
		My dad called me one day telling me that a new issue of WoodenBoat Magazine was out, and that there was a free Folkboat that sounded like it was in good shape.
	www.morebutter.com /patience/index.html (546 words)

	Sailing news as it happens - Yachts and Yachting Online
		This year's Folkboat National Championship was sailed under the burgee of the Royal London Yacht Club at Cowes.
		The day brought 30 knot winds registering off the Brambles Bank but the Folkboat being the boat it is still managed to venture out to Osborne Bay for their two scheduled races.
		The 40th anniversary year of Folkboat week was hosted by the Royal Solent Yacht Club in Yarmouth and sponsored again by Lymington Yacht Haven.
	www.yachtsandyachting.com /news/?article=22408 (1091 words)

	Nordic Folkboat
		Many Folkboat sailors think plywood decks are lighter and therefore better for a race.
		Teflon is a real alternative to those poisons and can be applied also on wooden boats.
		On this german page you will find a lot of practical tips for the restoration of a wooden folkboat.
	www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de /bzf/fb4a044/folke/wooden.htm (78 words)

	Nordic Folkboat
		If you like Folkboats you will be bowled over by this example.
		The cockpit and interior layout is in the typical Scandinavian style, with lots of well fitted, quality wood.
		As well as being a great racing yacht, these Folkboats are cruised extensively and are regularly sailed singled handed or by a crew of two.
	www.boatshed.com /viewboat.php?boat=23047 (328 words)

	A Marieholm Page
		The contents provided in the reviews sections below or in letters to this page are the opinions of those who wrote them and not the opinions of the author of these pages.
		Following the worldwide success of the wooden lapstrake Nordic Folkboat, it was natural that Marieholms should commission designer Tord Sundén to redesign the boat for fiberglass construction.
		Very wisely, the sea-kindly, time tested lines were retained while using the (then) newer material to achieve a more graceful profile, more interior room, and more sail area for better light air performance.
	www.solopublications.com /sailmarie.htm (1347 words)

	Big sister (37ft) to Nordic Folkboat - Sailing Anarchy Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		You can find this on www.kf-yachts.se, what is more logical than that this development comes from Sweden again.
		After more than 60 years the Nordic Folkboat is sort-of reproduced in a larger more comfortable version.
		Folkboat 37ft sister by KF Yachts (Karlskrona Folk Yachts)
	www.sailinganarchy.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=19577 (142 words)

	Yachting and Boating World: Refurbishing our Folkboat
		While she is seaworthy and a joy to sail, she does need a bit of refurbishment and TLC.
		Hi, there is a UK folkboat organisation: http://www.folkboats.com/links.htm
		The Swedish Folkboat Association have started a "Classic Folkboat" campaign to promote care and restoration of wooden folkboats - found a link on the boatdesign.net forum: http://boatdesign.net/forums/showthread.php?t=12045
	www.ybw.com /forums/grabnext.php/Cat/0/Board/cb/mode/showflat/sticky/0/dir/new/posted/1151671099/page/0 (457 words)

	Folkboat Association of Australia - Home Page
		I would like to talk about some requests received from members for help.
		A new member Rick who lives in Port Stephen is restoring a folkboat; the
		on the Folkboat inspired KF 31 built by Karlskrona Folk Yachts, it is has a
	www.folkboat.com.au (554 words)

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